Their greatest contribution was not any physical structure; it was in shaping themselves into what Tom Brokaw so aptly described as the "Greatest Generation." I might simply call them good citizens. We can, and must, do that again, by harnessing...
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GazetteXtra: AmeriCorps Funding Slashed in Proposed Federal Budget
This LTE was originally published on GazetteXtra.com on August 16, 2023. — By Yolanda Shelton-Morris, Madison More than 8,000 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers make a difference in Rock County and communities across Wisconsin, making a positive impact through...
Read More »The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Want to Solve Polarization? Encourage More People to Volunteer
By Eboo Patel, the founder and president of Interfaith America. If you came of age in the late 1980s and early 1990s, you heard President George H.W. Bush talk about American volunteerism as “a thousand points of light” and President...
Read More »Senate Appropriations Committee Recognizes the Value of AmeriCorps
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Senate Appropriations Committee Recognizes the Value of AmeriCorps Bill Acknowledges the Impact of AmeriCorps, But Falls Short of Funding Needed to Ensure Communities Can Meet Demands Washington, DC (July 28, 2023) – On Thursday, the Senate...
Read More »Proposed Budget Cuts to AmeriCorps Would Devastate Thousands of Non-Profit, Community, and Faith-based Organizations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Proposed Budget Cuts to AmeriCorps Would Devastate Thousands of Non-Profit, Community, and Faith-based Organizations House marks up LHHS Appropriations Bill today Washington, DC (July 14, 2023) – The fiscal year 2024 Labor, Health...
Read More »Twenty Years of Advancing AmeriCorps
From the beginning, AmeriCorps was designed to be a national service program rooted in communities, and run by community, faith-based and nonprofit organizations. Over its first decade, communities came to rely on AmeriCorps to address their most pressing challenges. But...
Read More »Bipartisan Group of Champions to be Honored for Support of AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors
For Immediate Release Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Washington, DC (April 19, 2023) – Voices for National Service announced today that it will honor ten distinguished Capitol Hill leaders at the 20th Annual Friends of National Service Awards on Wednesday, April 26,...
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